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Art without any didactic, moral, or utilitarian function
Art for art's sake—the usual English rendering of, a French slogan from the latter half of the 19th century—is a phrase that expresses the philosophy that 'true' art is utterly independent of any and all social values and utilitarian function, be that didactic, moral, or political. Such works are sometimes described as autotelic, a concept that has been expanded to embrace "inner-directed" or "sel... Wikipedia
